E-GO GETS THE GO-AHEAD
05 Oct 2011
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CAMBRIDGE based e-Go aeroplanes has raised the investment needed to complete the prototype programme of its exciting single-seater, establish production and launch the product in global markets.
The investment comes from business angels in the Cambridge area and from Martlet. Martlet is the investment arm of the Marshall of Cambridge group, providing capital for early-stage technology start-ups.
The two founders, Giotto Castelli and Tony Bishop have been developing the technology for the e-Go since 2007, when they won a design competition for a new class of light aircraft. Since then,over 30 (mainly local) organisations and individuals have volunteered expertise and time to createthe e-Go.
Cambridge is at the heart of the UK’s ‘F1 corridor’ and amongst considerable aerospace composite expertise. The e-Go brings together the best of technology, using a unique, ultralightstructure of composite and foam, the effcient and elegant canard confguration, state-of-the-artavionics and a reliable, lightweight Wankel engine.
The prototype is now under construction at the e-Go Centre in Conington near Cambridge, UK and the first flight is planned for next year, with production to follow near Cambridge soon after.
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